Johannesburg: A century by Quinton de Kock and a double strike by DaleSteyn kept South Africa on course to complete a series clean sweep on thethird day of the third and final Test against Pakistan at the WanderersStadium on Sunday.
Set to make a daunting 381 to win, Pakistan were 153 for three at theclose, needing another 228 runs.
De Kock made an imperious 129, equalling his highest Test score, beforeSouth Africa were bowled out for 303.
Imam-ul-Haq and Shan Masood got Pakistan off to their best start of theseries, putting on 67 for the first wicket.
Both batsmen looked comfortable on a pitch which played easier on Sundaythan the first two days.
But a change of ends brought immediate results for Steyn. Bowling from thesouthern, Corlett Drive end for the first time in the match, he had Imamcaught behind for 35 with a superb delivery which moved away from thebatsman just enough to find the edge.
Four overs later Steyn claimed the wicket of Masood after umpire JoelWilson originally gave him not out. A successful review by South Africashowed a faint inside edge onto Masood´s thigh pad before the ball carriedthrough to wicketkeeper De Kock.
Duanne Olivier dismissed Azhar Ali for the fourth time in the series whenthe batsman gloved a bouncer to De Kock.
Asad Shafiq (48 not out) and Babar Azam (17 not out) saw Pakistan throughto the close with an unbeaten stand of 49.
De Kock and Hashim Amla were mainly responsible for South Africa posting atarget likely to be beyond Pakistan´s reach. They came together on Saturdaywhen their side were 93 for five, at which stage their lead was a modest170.
While Amla patiently compiled an innings of 71 off 144 balls, theleft-handed De Kock played fluently as the pair put on 102 for the sixthwicket. De Kock also shared an eighth wicket stand of 79 with Kagiso Rabada.
De Kock reached his fifty off 49 balls and his fourth Test century off 121deliveries. He was finally caught in the deep, trying for a secondsuccessive six off leg-spinner Shadab Khan, after facing 138 balls andhitting 18 fours and a six.
Shadab finished with three for 41 while medium-pacer Faheem Ashraf tookthree for 42.
Captain Sarfraz Ahmed set a record for a Pakistan wicketkeeper by takingfive catches in each innings. His total of ten dismissals in the match wasone better than the record previously shared by Rashid Latif and KamranAkmal.
Pakistan only made one total over 200 in their first five innings in theseries and had not batted for longer than 70.4 overs.
Steyn´s two wickets took his total in Tests to 433, bringing him level withSri Lanka´s Rangana Herath and Stuart Broad of England in joint eighthplace on the all-time Test wicket-takers list. -APP/ AFP